Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Tools to Help Plan Smooth & Successful Events

Event planning is a complex task which involves juggling
many tasks at the same time. Meeting
planners always have to be on their toes to ensure everything goes on
smoothly. There are many aspects of event planning that can make an event
planner feel weighed down. Here’s a list of several free online event planning tools that can help you
organize your event smoothly.

Tools for event registration

These days,
most participants expect to be able to register for events online. Luckily,
there are lots of tools to help with that. For example: Etouches is an
incredibly powerful registration management platform which allows organizers to
easily promote, publish, and sell tickets to their events. Etouches allows
you to send personalized invitations, set up paperless registrations and make
use of a bunch of different built-in promotion tools. Other options include, Facebook,
Eventbrite, Brown Paper Tickets etc.

Tools for
planning and event organization

Events can
overload planners with information and logistics, from the location to
organizing information for attendees. Fortunately there are tool out there for
pretty much every organizational task you'll come across. With the help of
tools like Super Planner and Party & Event
Planner Lite, event marketing
companies can keep track of every
detail from staffing and catering to options for venues nearby, thus managing
all the tasks easily and smoothly.

Tools for promotion

Promotion plays a crucial role in the success of any event.
There are many free to use tools that can be utilized for event promotion,
which include: Facebook Events, Ustream, Avartize.com. Almost any social
network or community presents marketing opportunities. Find the one that fits
your event and target audience the best and try to use the tools creatively.

Don’t forget the power of social media

Sharing event details on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook is
hugely beneficial because of the range of attention you can garner with the
power of social media. Allowing event attendees to share things they like and
getting them involved is a great way to entice others to learn more about your
event.

These days, an increasing number of event planners rely on
these tools to plan their events successfully. These tools can manage each
aspect of your event planning, be it, tracking your event budget or letting you
knowwhich guests have responded to the
invitations, as well as help you remember all the minute details pertaining to
you event.